Public consultation on opening a new secondary school in East Reading #rdguk

I recently got the email below consulting people on plans to open a new secondary school on the Crescent Road site in East Reading (Maiden Erlegh 2). We have been campaigning to plug the gap in school places, so it is good to see this moving forwards:

Dear Stakeholder
 
Public consultation on proposal to open a new school in East Reading
 
The public consultation on the proposal to establish a new secondary school in East Reading- Maiden Erlegh School in Reading- to open in September 2015 is now open and will run until Monday 24 November 2014.
 
Our vision is to create another centre of excellence like the Maiden Erlegh School in the Borough of Wokingham. We will do this by:
Providing a stimulating and challenging environment
Ensuring all students make exceptional levels of progress and attain excellent outcomes
Working in close partnerships with families, providing a hub that responds to the needs of the community
Offering a secure and caring community
Our brochure provides detail of our plans - click link to view Maiden Erlegh School in Reading Brochure
 
Our Admissions policy can be found at the following link, together with the supplementary information form. Admissions Policy 2015-16          Supplementary Information Sheet
 
Our school policies will be based on the Maiden Erlegh School policies which can be seen at the following link. http://maidenerleghschool.co.uk/information/key-policies/
 
Further information about the new school can be found on our website:
http://maidenerleghschool.co.uk/newschool/
 
We wish to continue to seek the views of local stakeholders and invite you to participate in our consultation in one of three ways:
 
1.  Public consultation meetings
 
There will be an opportunity to meet the Headteacher and the proposer group and to hear more about the school. Details of these meetings are as follows:
 
Thursday 2 October          8.00-9.00pm               Alfred Sutton Primary School,
                                                                            148   Wokingham Road, Reading, RG6 1JR
 
Saturday 11 October        10.30-11.30am           Maiden Erlegh School, Silverdale Road,
                                                                            Earley, Reading, RG6 7HS
 
2.  Completing our consultation questionnaire
 
Our consultation survey is available via this website: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MESiR
 
3. Contacting us directly
 
If you would prefer, please contact us directly by email - newschool@maidenerleghschool.co.uk or by post to Maiden Erlegh School- Consultation, Silverdale Road, Earley, Reading, RG6 7HS
 
Once the consultation is complete, the Trust will consider all the responses. We will provide a formal report on the consultation to the Department for Education.
 
We believe that the establishing of Maiden Erlegh School in Reading will provide an increased choice for parents of East Reading and we look forward to hearing your thoughts.
 
Yours sincerely
 
Huw Jones
Chair of The Maiden Erlegh Trust